Infobesity and information-seeking behavior among nursing interns in A tertiary school in Quezon City / Crystal, Alexis Phoebe V.Garcia, Christy Honey P.Alinas, Ian DenzellCarpina, Justine Marie J. Dionisio, Marjorie M.Magumun, Francesca Aurea E.Ocon, Donna Rose C.Peiiaranda, Queen Gilary P. Santella, Christel Mariz C.Tee, Maria France N.; Research Adviser, Melanie Grace S. Francisco, Shella L. Paragua, Hernando Bernal Jr.
- Quezon City, Philippines; FEU-Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Institute of Medicine, 2023
- 110pages / 28cm
Includes Appendix
ABSTRACT: Nursing interns tend to search for additional information by using various sources such as websites, journals, and books. With the amount of information absorbed from resources and lectures, an individual may be overwhelmed by the abundance of information available. When this happens, information overload, also known as infobesity, sets in, making it difficult for nursing interns to comprehend and understand a particular topic or subject as a result of receiving an excessive amount of knowledge. The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of infobesity among nursing interns in the context of Medical-Surgical Nursing and to distinguish the connection between infobesity and nursing interns' information-seeking behavior in a tertiary school in Quezon City. The study population was 329 nursing interns who were enrolled in the Medical-Surgical Nursing course. Stratified proportional random sampling was used to select respondents to ensure that every stratum was adequately represented. A descriptive cross-sectional design was used to determine the prevalence and outcome of the interest in the study. With a total of 178 respondents, the findings indicate that the Information Overload Scale obtained a verbal interpretation of the agreement, indicating that nursing interns are experiencing infobesity in the Medical-Surgical Nursing course. The most prevalent information-seeking behavior in relation to Medical-Surgical Nursing is that most nursing interns tend to use multiple information sources at the same time; on the other hand, nursing interns are less likely to use information whose authenticity they are unsure of as long as it is easily accessible. Results show that the researchers accepted a null hypothesis stating that there is no significant relationship between infobesity and the information-seeking behavior of nursing interns. Keywords: information overload, infobesity, information-seeking behavior, nursing intern